Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 30, 2009, 7:30 pm
A Strategy for Success in Afghanistan: One Tribe at a Time tinyurl.com/ylxcwek (45-pg PDF) # A Third Way in Afghanistan tinyurl.com/y9jg77y # Why Afghanistan's 2009 Elections were (and were not)...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 30, 2009, 4:53 am
Switzerland held a number of referenda on November 29th. The better-known (indeed, fairly notorious) referendum was the one that proposed forbidding the construction of minarets... This one has reverb...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 29, 2009, 7:30 pm
52 Words That Shook Washington tinyurl.com/ydtbo3b # Women lead Swiss in vote to ban minarets tinyurl.com/yhml5j7 Will referendum ban pass on 29th? # Playing by the Rules: Applying Intl Humanitaria...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 29, 2009, 1:15 am
Horacio Guarany ¿Dónde, dónde están? ¿Quiénes? ¿Dónde, dónde están? ¿Quiénes? ¿Quiénes? ¿Dónde están? ¿Quiénes? ¿Quiénes? Los hombres... No sé. Mira, copos de ceniza... ¡Copos ...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 28, 2009, 7:45 pm
While in Illinois, visiting during Thanksgiving, this blogger happened to notice an editorial by Bill O'Reilly in The Pantagraph... In it he approvingly cited something called the "Manhattan Decla...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 28, 2009, 7:30 pm
The Nation that makes a distinction between its scholars & its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards & its fighting done by fools # ... previous quote by Thucydides # Greenhouse gas victim...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 27, 2009, 7:30 pm
Cuba began its biggest military maneuvers in 5 years Thu... to prepare for a possible invasion by the U.S. bit.ly/8F4q0P ¤ Silliness # India and Pakistan: the missing piece in the AF jigsaw bit.ly/...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 27, 2009, 4:16 pm
To see these and other winning entries in Focus magazine's "Pictures from Research" photo competition, see here...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 26, 2009, 7:30 pm
Over to the dark side of the web bit.ly/855OeZ # RT @Beirutspring: RT @Tajaddod_Youth: The Militarization of Sex; the Story of Hezbollah's Halal Hookups - bit.ly/7E3BCZ # Device spells doom for ...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 25, 2009, 7:30 pm
RT @themajlisblog Analysis of how deposing the ICU empowered al-Shabab and fueled anti-Americanism in Somalia bit.ly/4EOZyj # U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress tinyurl.com/yj47h...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 24, 2009, 7:30 pm
Polar Bears Falling To Their Deaths: Plane Stupid's Shock Ad (Video) tinyurl.com/yaatrye ¶ Yikes! # Nuclear Fallout Models Too Simple, Scientists Say tinyurl.com/yg4s4cr # Watchdog: Police arre...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 23, 2009, 7:30 pm
Lebanese think corruption increased, study shows tinyurl.com/yabuk6u # Israeli official: Israeli army allows drug trafficking in exchange for information tinyurl.com/yzdklzh # Re the new RT function...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 22, 2009, 7:30 pm
Karzai's Paranoid World tinyurl.com/y9pyhsr ¶ Karzai from very close up... # Lyrics of U.S. Army marching song during Philippine War to celebrate waterboarding used on Filipinos tinyurl.com/ydpk...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 22, 2009, 5:00 am

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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 21, 2009, 10:30 pm
“I’m proud to have asked for it. I’m proud to have fought for it, and I will continue to. That is not the reason I’m moving to the debate” - Senator Landrieu (D-LA) She was speaking of repor...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 21, 2009, 7:30 pm
Seize Seesmic Twitter app on BlackBerry, Android bit.ly/8XuZpc # RT @slkbrooke What Boobs are in Charge of the Health of my Boobs? tinyurl.com/yfmldu6 ¤ The old "if we can spare even 1 person" saw #...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 21, 2009, 5:30 pm
Graphs showing: 1) The percentage of Afghans who say they have either been imprisoned, tortured, or injured, or that this has happened to a family member, 2) The percentage of Afghans who say they hav...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 21, 2009, 3:00 pm
Twitter recently introduced its lists functionality... Many are beginning to use this new feature, and in the process it is changing some of the ways that people use Twitter... Some examples are enume...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 20, 2009, 10:00 pm
Seesmic is now available for the BB and for Android... Below are some screen captures from a BB Bold (9000). Not bad for a first version, and it supports lists (which have not yet been implemented in ...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 20, 2009, 7:30 pm
Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out bit.ly/jD54m This isn't real helpful... # Does the current mammogram "controversy" show that comparative effectiveness research is doomed? tinyur...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 20, 2009, 4:30 am
The August 15th blog entry, 'Health care re-form (Effectiveness)', poured some cold water on the notion that implementation of comparative effectiveness research would have the predicted abili...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 19, 2009, 7:30 pm
Get a cool background for your Twitter profile bit.ly/4C71WT # More Than 23,000 Nukes Found in 14 Nations, Report Says tinyurl.com/ycauv4k Found? Found? # Senate, House Democratic health bills compa...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 18, 2009, 4:55 am
Vacheron Constantin's Great Explorers series, tributes to Ferdinand Magellan, Zheng He, Christopher Columbus, and Marco Polo...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 17, 2009, 7:30 pm
U.S. Takes Aim Over Jordan's Shoulder bit.ly/3fG3bP # U.S.: Nearly One in Six Citizens Went Hungry in 2008 bit.ly/40tE86 # Malaysia's mysterious ship city causes concern bit.ly/2iO1Bq # Lib...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 16, 2009, 9:00 pm
OK, so back in May I stumbled upon a link to this TED presentation from February 2009, TED Talks: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita predicts Iran's future What aroused my curiosity was the teaser that said ...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 16, 2009, 7:30 pm
A Rome, un sommet contre la faim snobé par le G8 bit.ly/aczUI # 'My stroke left me with foreign accent' bit.ly/d0QOf A victim of Foreign Accent Syndrome... # RIP "The Equalizer" Edward Wood...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 16, 2009, 5:15 am
Two trees in the side yard, one turns bright yellow and the other bright red. Unfortunately this year the second tree's foliage did not change color until after the first had completely dropped it...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 15, 2009, 7:30 pm
Turning Desert into a Garden/Food Forest bit.ly/XspSx. Good stuff! # U.S. provides cover to Pakistan on proliferation, terrorism bit.ly/4lcTjW # World's biggest cruise ship bit.ly/38fouX Pretty...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 14, 2009, 7:30 pm
Global Warming Brightens the Outlook for British Wine tinyurl.com/yebexs8 # Yum! tinyurl.com/ya8pjsh # Iraqi School Curriculum Full of Pro-Shia Bias tinyurl.com/yba76y8 # Hizbollah "Martyr Of The W...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 14, 2009, 6:13 pm
Generated by: 13 Fantastic and Fun Image Generators. Try your hand, no doubt you can do much better...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 13, 2009, 8:00 pm

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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 13, 2009, 7:30 pm
Exclusive: Iranian enrichment has not grown: diplomats tinyurl.com/ycolmnd # Former high-ranking officials enjoy war profits tinyurl.com/yczgdow # RT @deremilitari McChrystal-Eikenberry feud lies @ ...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 12, 2009, 9:10 pm
"They are people who have that intrinsic fiber of really caring about people..." - Joe Grano. Grano was the keynote speaker at the 'Deloitte Cincinnati 100 Luncheon' this week, where he expoun...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 12, 2009, 8:25 pm
Patex Philippe Heavenly Celestial Cuervos y Sobrinos Torpedo Historiador Semanal Bovet Orbis Mundi Ulysse Nardin Moonstruck
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 12, 2009, 7:30 pm
French Embrace Sarkozy as Zelig Meme bit.ly/4obNrQ Nice pics # Sarkozy a reçu très discrètement Netanyahu bit.ly/44Rtys Obama a reçu très discrètement Netanyahou bit.ly/2YOJ88 Quiet does it # ...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 11, 2009, 7:30 pm
F-35 a disaster in the making? Commentary by the incomparable Winslow Wheeler: tinyurl.com/yjs87xl # His last lonely walk tinyurl.com/ybswu2c Olaf Schmid defused 64 IEDS before his luck ran out # M...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 11, 2009, 3:30 am
On the Berlin trip along with some friends (1994), stopped at a small cafe around 2 a.m. in the morning (in what had previously been East Berlin) One of our party who had gone off to find the bathroo...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 10, 2009, 11:10 pm
November 11th, 2009 is the fifth anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat... Back in a January 2002 entry (reprinted below), this blogger mused re the role Arafat should play, if any, going forward. ...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 10, 2009, 7:30 pm
Uganda considering Anti-Homosexuality Bill, to legislate against lesbian, gay, bisexual &transgendered people bit.ly/4rQeuc # Under proposed Ugandan legislation "repeat offenders" of homosexuality li...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 10, 2009, 6:15 pm
Charts showing the percentage of U.S. hospitals with negative margins, and the median annual change in hospital labor and non-labor expenses. Both show improvements (fewer hospitals with negative mar...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 9, 2009, 8:35 pm
Hard to believe it has been twenty years since the Berlin Wall cracked open, then came down, and now can hardly be found! The above is a pin this blogger bought on a trip to Berlin four years after th...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 9, 2009, 7:30 pm
SyFy show on 2012, what an absolute load of bunkum. On a side note, how far has Lester Holt fallen! # Is there a slight whiff of "Wonderland" in the air? tinyurl.com/yhvxvpb # linkbun.ch/gdks Three ...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 8, 2009, 9:07 pm
The blog entry 'No surprise' discussed the situation in Honduras, while the 'UNSC Resolution 1887' entry covered the United Nations Security Council resolution on nuclear proliferation...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 8, 2009, 7:30 pm
Closing debate on health care bill, Waxman gives time (5 mins) to Dingell (D-MI)... 1 min of applause, wonder if that comes out of his time? # Stupak amendment passes on a 240 to 194 vote. 240 was al...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 8, 2009, 5:45 pm
The July 15th, 2008 blog entry, 'La nouvelle union,' commented on the inaugural meeting of the new UPM (Union Pour la Mediterranée), or Mediterranean Union. At the time this blogger wondered...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 8, 2009, 5:30 pm

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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 7, 2009, 10:45 pm
On October 30th the Honduran de facto (Micheletti) government and ousted President Manual Zelaya ostensibly came to an agreement regarding how to resolve the stand-off that had been in place since Zel...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 7, 2009, 7:30 pm
Midtown NYC to Get Own Antiterror "Ring of Steel" (modeled on London) tinyurl.com/y8j4xks # Will @dipnote say this: tinyurl.com/yh2u7p2 for this incident too? tinyurl.com/ycof2hd Hmm, somehow doubt i...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 7, 2009, 10:30 am
Graph showing U.S. unemployment in this economic downturn versus previous downturns., specifically job losses from the start of the employment recession (in percentage terms). Source: Calculated Risk ...
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Anon A. posted an article on Occasional Brief Observations - Nov 6, 2009, 9:00 pm

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